Question

Gandhiji spent some time every day spinning khadi on the charkha.He encouraged the use of khadi .what was his reason for doing this

Answer 1

It was to promote the use of swadeshi and boycott British goods

Answer 2

Gandhi ji encouraged the use of khadi as at that time NCM(Non cooperation movt.)was started by him in which

1:foreign clothes were boycotted and liquior shops were picketed.

2:During 1921-1922 the production of British handloom reduced form 102 crores to 57 crores.

3:use of khadi was encouraged because it was developed in India due to which the production of Indian handloom went up largely.

So khadi was very much important